Boeing 737 Max pilots complained to feds for months about suspected safety flaw

Re:Boeing 737 Max pilots complained to feds for months about... by addicted on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @09:41PM (#19374953)

As a non technical person, who is about to fly an 80 ton vehicle for extended distances, local backups of WiFi dependent data is not likely to be a major concern.

Especially if (a) it’s not part of your extensive checklists, which would reasonably be expected to be included if it was important, and (b) you’ve lost WiFi in other planes before without losing your flight plan.

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Re:Boeing 737 Max pilots complained to feds for months about... by bredren on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @10:35PM (#19375175)

I’m a technical person and it is a major concern.

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Re:Boeing 737 Max pilots complained to feds for months about... by vultour on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @06:19AM (#19377314)

They were in cruise, which means the flight plan was already set and can be viewed on the MCDU. Sure they lost a fancy map on the ipad but that doesn't mean they suddenly don't know where to go.

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Re:Boeing 737 Max pilots complained to feds for months about... by NikkiA on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @08:56AM (#19378101)

There are a number of situations where the checklist calls for reinsertion of the flightplan during flight, they would be lost in those situations.

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